In October Kevin and I traveled to Brazil to learn about the Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals, where spiritual healers work alongside the psychiatrists and psychologists. In Brazil, mental health care that integrates Spiritism is a strong preference among the people. Read more »
Ekhaya Esima is the latest person that we will be including in CRAZYWISE the documentary. Ekhaya is a Peer Counselor in the Community Links Program at Baltic Street in Brooklyn, New York Read more »
Mary Olson, Ph.D. is a family therapist and the founding Director of the Institute for Dialogic Practice in Massachusetts. As a Senior Fulbright Scholar she traveled to Finland in 2001 she discovered Open Dialogue, Read more »
Guest post from Crazywise co-director, Kevin Tomlinson:
One of the most audacious and exciting forms of treatment for mental illness is laughter. David Granirer Read more »
E. Fuller Torrey, a well known psychiatrist, is an outspoken critic of some of Robert Whitaker’s (Anatomy of an Epidemic) findings. We met Dr. Torrey at his office in Washington D.C. for this interview. I found him to be very warm Read more »
Last week we traveled to East Coast to interview several individuals who are currently involved in the vigorous debate surrounding the definition and treatment of mental illness in our country. In Cambridge, Massachusetts we met Robert Whitaker Read more »
While documenting Adam’s story and interviewing experts in the field of mental health I have become alarmed to learn how severe the mental health crisis currently is in the U.S. Read more »
Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing Will Hall, one of the bright lights in the Survivor-led movement that’s advocating for a change in the way mental illness is defined and treated. Will has faced his own struggles with madness and speaks to us about the alternative treatment approaches that have worked for him.
Joan Halifax is a Buddhist teacher, Zen priest, anthropologist, hospice caregiver, and the author of several books on Buddhism and spirituality. Joan mentions that she isn’t against psycho-pharmacology to treat mental distress, but she also believes that its important Read more »
Sandra Ingerman is one of the respected leaders of the neo-shamanic movement here in America that has brought traditional cross-cultural healing methods and beliefs to the Western world. Read more »
